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Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Business Partners to CONVINCE (BP2C), a global network of employers committed to promoting vaccine literacy with tools and resources to encourage COVID-19 vaccination among employees, suppliers, and customers through The Global COVID-19 Workplace Challenge, will host the live panel event "Educate to Vaccinate: The Role of Employers" on April 29, featuring global public health and business experts discussing actionable workplace strategies for vaccine adoption.  The event will highlight the vital role employers pl...

Salina USD 305 announces virtual school principal The Salina Journal Salina Public Schools has selected Tracy Hutton as the Virtual School Principal effective July 1, 2021. An educator with 21 years of experience, of which the past 14 were at USD 305, Hutton most recently served for five years as career and life planning teacher at Lakewood Middle School. While at Lakewood she was a member of the Restorative Discipline Leadership Team. Prior to that she worked for nine years as a district curriculum technologist, focusing on K-12 technology leadership, staff development, and instructional ...

A growing number of U.S. colleges are announcing plans to mandate the vaccination of students returning to campus this fall, in line with President Joe Biden’s pledge to make all adults in the country eligible for COVID-19 jabs by early summer. At least six colleges - Cornell University, Rutgers University, Fort Lewis College, Nova Southeastern University, St. Edward’s University, and Roger Williams College in Rhode Island - have so far said that all students would need to be vaccinated before a fall return. Three COVID-19 vaccines have been authorized for emergency use by the Food and D...

J. Goosby Smith has been named the inaugural vice president for community belonging and chief diversity officer at Pepperdine University. April Harris Akinloye (’00, MA ’05) will join Smith as assistant vice president for community belonging. Smith and Harris Akinloye will commence their new roles on June 1, 2021. Smith will join Pepperdine following her most recent roles at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, where she currently serves as associate professor of leadership, associate professor of management, assistant provost for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and dire...

Engagement) initiative that advances vaccine literacy and promotes vaccine acceptance. Members of the BP2C Steering Team, which includes global organizations such as Business Fights Poverty, Business at OECD, the International Chamber of Commerce, and the International Organization of Employers, jointly agreed to develop vaccine literacy strategies based on science, facts and emerging information to counter hesitation and vaccination opponents through communication and education initiatives at the global, national and local levels. Companies joining the Global COVID-19 Workplace Challenge ag...